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Alar base reduction is rhinoplasty

April 14th, 2011

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Alar base reduction is rhinoplasty. Anytime you change the nose, its rhinoplasty. But not all rhinoplasty is the same. Some are minor and may take minutes. Others are major and may take hours. The less you do, the faster you heal. So alar base reduction would heal faster than if you did alar base reduction in addition to osteotomies (bone breaking), and tip work and septal work and on and on. It just depends. Do not go through a surgery based on healing time. Do it based on what would fit your face and taste the best then schedule it when you have enough time to heal.

Rhinoplasty with or without Alar Base Reduction

April 20th, 2011

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Rhinoplasty means reshaping the nose. There are several techniques and manuevers that board certified plastic surgeons use to reshape the nose including alar base reduction. That procedure is used to narrow the width of the base of the nose at the nostrils. It requires an external scar that may be somewhat noticeable in darker skin types. Alar base reduction is not commonly performed alone, but in addition to a rhinoplasty.

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Base reduction faster

April 14th, 2011

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I agree with the others, but it is also important to consider that changing the base of your nose can upset the balance with other features in your nose. If you are considering changing other portions of the nose, it is best to do it all at once in order to make sure it is a balanced change.

Los Angeles Rhinoplasty

April 14th, 2011

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Alar base reduction is a simple procedure that narrows the nostril flaring and has very minimal recovery, however if you wish to change the your bridge or you tip you need a rhinoplasty which has a recovery period of about 10 days.

Alar Base reduction versus Rhinoplasty.

May 7th, 2011

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Alar base reduction is performed to decrease the horizontal flare of the nostrils using several techniques. Technically this is a minimally invasive Rhinoplasty technique and as such would heal much faster than a formal Rhinoplasty...but also has a very limited purpose, unlike a Rhinoplasty that can change one or all aspects of the nose.

Healing time of rhinoplasty vs alar base reduction

May 6th, 2011

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The alar base reduction is a simple small incision approximately ¼ of an inch long inside the sill of the nostril. This will heal much faster than a full rhinoplasty. A full rhinoplasty healing takes approximately a year whereas the alar base reduction is full recovery within a couple of months.

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